Remove bridge-utils package to switch to qemu-bridge-helper

functions/startup

@@ -236,8 +236,10 @@ if [[ ${install_qemu} = [yY] ]]
 then
 	echo 'Installing QEMU'
 	INSTALL qemu-desktop virt-manager edk2-ovmf \
-		dnsmasq dmidecode vde2 bridge-utils
+		dnsmasq dmidecode vde2 # bridge-utils
+
 	echo
+	echo "allow virbr0" | sudo tee /etc/qemu/bridge.conf >/dev/null
 
 	# Make host system a pacman cache server
 	sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/local-cacheserver.service >/dev/null <<- 'CACHESERVER'

homelab.sh

@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ archpkgs="smartmontools \
 	nginx-mainline certbot certbot-nginx apache \
 	nextcloud-client gnome-keyring \
 	qemu-desktop virt-manager edk2-ovmf \
-	iptables-nft dnsmasq dmidecode vde2 bridge-utils openbsd-netcat \
+	iptables-nft dnsmasq dmidecode vde2 openbsd-netcat \
 	docker docker-compose docker-buildx \
 	pipewire-jack ttf-dejavu ttf-hack \
 	sway seatd swaybg bemenu bemenu-wayland foot kate dolphin konsole kompare breeze-icons kde-cli-tools \
@@ -1799,6 +1799,7 @@ ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/pacman.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
 
 # Libvirt 
 echo 'firewall_backend = "iptables"' >/etc/libvirt/network.conf
+echo 'allow virbr0' >/etc/qemu/bridge.conf
 
 # Pacman hooks
 # pacman.conf hook

pkg/homelab

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ bemenu-wayland
 bluez
 bluez-utils
 breeze-icons
-bridge-utils
 brightnessctl
 btrfs-progs
 certbot